Green tea ice cream is often served as a dessert in Japanese restaurants. Green tea ice cream is called maccha ice cream in Japan. Maccha is tea powder used in Japanese tea ceremonies. Japan Green Tea
Green Tea Ice Cream Recipe:
Ingredients: (4 servings)
- 200ml milk
- 2 egg yolks
- 2 tbsp suga
- 200ml heavy cream
- 2 tbsp maccha green tea powder
- 100ml hot water
How to Cook:
- Lightly whisk egg yolks in a pan.
- Add milk and sugar in the pan and mix well.
- Put the pan on low heat and heat the mixture, stirring constantly.
- When the mixture is thicken, remove from the heat.
- Soak the bottom of the pan in ice water and cool the mixture.
- Mix hot water and green tea powder together.
- Add the green tea in the egg mixture and mix well, cooling in ice water.
- Add heavy cream in the mixture and mix well.
- Freeze the mixture in an ice cream maker, following instructions of the ice cream maker.
The easiest way to make green tea ice cream is to mix vanilla ice cream and maccha powder. Also, it's good to pour maccha sauce over vanilla ice cream.
Maccha Sauce Recipe
Ingredients: (4 servings)
- 4 tsps maccha green tea powder
- 6 tbsps sugar
- 2 tbsps hot water
- 200 ml heavy cream
How to Make:
- Mix sugar and maccha green tea powder in a bowl.
- Add hot water in the bowl and stir well.
- Add heavy cream and further stir.
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